intrigue

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The first episode of Radio 4’s Intrigue: Worse Than Murder, is available now on BBC Sounds.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

Intrigue ensues, and the shock of two gay cowboys gives way to what we might expect from a classic western: shootouts, horseback chases, fugitive justice.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2023

Intrigue abounds, not least over whether England can swashbuckle their way to success against an Australian bowling attack that is pound-for-pound the best on the planet.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Intrigue about their relationship has been so intense that it even inspired a movie, “The Two Popes,” which imagined the two verbally sparring, and ultimately enjoying one another, in a period before Benedict’s abdication.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

While Tallmadge was setting up the Culper Ring, Washington was already getting bits from Nathaniel Sackett, a “Person of Intrigue and Secrecy,” who was running his own spy network centered on New York City.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen